On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 16:09 +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008 2:04 PM, Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > [...] > > > I'm afraid I deleted the little icons of problem 2, so I destroyed > > information needed to diagnose that problem. :-( But how can I help to > > resolve the other two? > > > > If i got it right, the DPI is now calculated instead of using a > default value (96?). > > If your monitor and video card don't report/read the correct display > size, you can force it adding a "DisplaySize" entry in the Monitor > section of your xorg.conf (in millimeters, man xorg.conf for the > details). And look if you have a DPI entry key in your gconf.
Oh, I'm sure I can fix it myself, either by adjusting the font size or using gconf as described in the followups to Amir's post last September. But the point is: for myself and Amir and many others, X will get the DPI setting wrong. Is there a way we can recognize that it's happening, and work around it -- say by using the old defaults -- so it's more likely right the first time? We don't want to get flooded by reports of those who develop this problem when lenny is released. And for that matter, we don't want people to have this problem with a fresh install and say "Debian sucks, let me look elsewhere". It's all about the users, that's at the top of the Social Contract, right? Oh -- and I accidentally synced my GNOME desktop files from my desktop machine still running etch to my laptop upgraded to lenny. The good thing about this is that the laptop has the funny dummy icons on the panel again, so we can diagnose and fix/prevent it. Thanks, Adam -Adam -- GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Engineering consulting with open source tools http://www.opennovation.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
